1. New film urges corporations to sign 'Pharmaceutical Hippocratic Oath' preventing their drugs being used to kill
  2. Virginia Judge: “more humane” to allow condemned man to present evidence of innocence
  3. US must stand up to Algeria over persecution of ex-Guantánamo prisoner
  4. Queen’s Speech secret justice plans will put Government above the law
  5. Assisting foreign nationals in the USA

New film urges corporations to sign 'Pharmaceutical Hippocratic Oath' preventing their drugs being used to kill

on 17 May 2012

Reprieve has today released a new video aimed at helping pharmaceutical companies unwillingly caught up in the US death penalty system.

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The video addresses industry concerns that state Departments of Corrections are covertly buying drugs for use against their manufacturers' will to kill prisoners. It describes the stark realities of lethal injection process, which often causes physical suffering amounting to torture, and features co-founder of lastminute.com Martha Lane Fox, Head of Science and Ethics at the British Medical Association Dr ...

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Virginia Judge: “more humane” to allow condemned man to present evidence of innocence

on 17 May 2012

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A judge in the final appeal hearing of Ivan Teleguz, who is facing the death penalty in Virginia despite key witnesses having renounced their testimony against him, has said it would be “more humane” to allow him to present evidence of his innocence.
 
State prosecutors have argued that a strict interpretation of criminal procedural rules prevent Mr Teleguz - a Ukrainian ...

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US must stand up to Algeria over persecution of ex-Guantánamo prisoner

on 11 May 2012

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The Algerian government's arbitrary imprisonment of an innocent man continued today as its parliamentary elections were met by notably low voter turnout. 

Abdul Aziz Naji’s ordeal highlights the hollowness of political reform in Algeria, which has reportedly contributed to the low election turnout.  After being detained at Guantánamo Bay for eight years, Mr Naji was cleared by ...

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Queen’s Speech secret justice plans will put Government above the law

on 09 May 2012

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Responding to the plans for 'secret justice' and closed courts set out in the Queen's Speech today, Reprieve's Executive Director, Clare Algar said:
 
“Closed courts will not strengthen oversight of the intelligence agencies – in fact, they will do precisely the opposite. They will put the Government above the law.
 
“The proposals for secret justice would massively skew courts ...

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Assisting foreign nationals in the USA

on 07 February 2011

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Do your clients have ties to foreign countries? Could they have a claim to foreign nationality? If so, Reprieve can help…

In 2009 Reprieve launched a three-year project, largely funded by the European Commission, called Reprieve’s EC Project. The Project works with capital defense lawyers to help them fulfill their obligations under the ABA Guidelines to “make appropriate efforts ...

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